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LDF Bulletin Core
Strategy Preferred Option out for Consultation
The Preferred Option document sets out for the
first time the complete Core Strategy, including the detailed wording of
policies and proposals, and the allocation of key sites across the District
for development over the next twenty years. The document can also be viewed
online at www.winchester.gov.uk/preferredoption. Exhibitions around the District will commence on Saturday 6 June,
at the following venues where Winchester City Council staff will be on hand
to answer questions about the Core Strategy or the Local Development
Framework in general.
There are many ways in
which you can comment on the Core Strategy:
To ensure that the policies and proposals set out in the
Core Strategy are progressing towards delivering sustainable development, all
the draft policies have been assessed against the Councils agreed
sustainability appraisal framework. The results of this process can be viewed
at www.winchester.gov.uk/liveforthefuture
(click on the link to the sustainability appraisal). If you have any comments on the sustainability appraisal
and its initial findings please submit these to us either in writing or by
email by 5pm on Friday 3 July and mark your comments 'Sustainability
Appraisal'. Next Steps After this consultation your comments will be considered
by the City Council along with the other responses received and the
results of the Sustainability Appraisal and evidence base studies, and
will inform the preparation of the next stage of the Core Strategy; the
'pre-submission' version due to be consulted on end 2009.
The National Park will largely replace the existing Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) designations which the area has enjoyed
since the 1960s. Approximately 40% of Winchester's area will fall within the
park boundary and discussions have already begun about how planning and other
functions will be provided. It is envisaged that the new National Park
Authority should be up and running in April 2011. Further information regarding the South Downs National
Park can be found on DEFRA's website or on Natural
England's website.
The main change in relation to the Council's area
involves a reduction of the District's housing requirement by 500 dwellings
(in the non-PUSH area). The references to the Plan's housing requirements
being a 'minimum' have also been removed, but at the same time the housing
requirements for the Strategic Development Areas (SDAs)
no longer refer to 'up to' 6000/10000 dwellings. The adoption of the South East Plan provides a clear
statutory basis for future planning and will be taken into account by the
City Council in both its development management and forward planning
activities. The South East Plan can be viewed online at: http://www.gos.gov.uk/gose/planning/regionalPlanning/815640/
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